Comments on: Thrown Your Baby off a Building Lately? http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/01/thrown_your_bab_1/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: notgogol http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/01/thrown_your_bab_1/comment-page-2/#comment-202515 notgogol Wed, 07 May 2008 14:16:20 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5170#comment-202515 <p>Hmm... I used to call myself cicatrix wen I blogged a couple of years back. U be stealer and who be stole from? :P</p> Hmm… I used to call myself cicatrix wen I blogged a couple of years back. U be stealer and who be stole from? :P

]]> By: tyen http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/01/thrown_your_bab_1/comment-page-2/#comment-202409 tyen Mon, 05 May 2008 23:20:16 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5170#comment-202409 <p><i>53 · <b>Vivek</b> <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005170.html#comment202194">said</a></i></p> <blockquote>Interestingly, there was a <a href="http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/game/100">game</a> with the same theme. </blockquote> <p>Ha! "Bouncing Babies"! Thanks for that blast from the past. I remember playing that game when I was a kid.</p> 53 · Vivek said

Interestingly, there was a game with the same theme.

Ha! “Bouncing Babies”! Thanks for that blast from the past. I remember playing that game when I was a kid.

]]> By: Rahul http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/01/thrown_your_bab_1/comment-page-2/#comment-202400 Rahul Mon, 05 May 2008 22:23:48 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5170#comment-202400 <blockquote>they’ve been throwing their young children off a tall building to improve their health. </blockquote> <p>I'm not so sure about this. My parents tried dropping me on my head multiple times, but it obviously didn't fix my problems.</p> they’ve been throwing their young children off a tall building to improve their health.

I’m not so sure about this. My parents tried dropping me on my head multiple times, but it obviously didn’t fix my problems.

]]> By: Kam http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/01/thrown_your_bab_1/comment-page-2/#comment-202398 Kam Mon, 05 May 2008 22:13:08 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5170#comment-202398 <p>Damn, I missed out as a baby! No nickelodeon, no falling off buildings. Sad.</p> Damn, I missed out as a baby! No nickelodeon, no falling off buildings. Sad.

]]> By: pingpong http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/01/thrown_your_bab_1/comment-page-2/#comment-202336 pingpong Sun, 04 May 2008 18:25:26 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5170#comment-202336 <p>I'm really puzzled at how deeply embarrassed some of the comments sound, and trying to fix the blame for the existence of baby-dropping on various factors. From a headline writer's perspective, it's tough to write something more succinct than "Indian baby-dropping ritual". It's just another ritual in the world, like the British habit of cheese rolling or the Northern European practice of wife carrying or the American tradition of the demolition derby or the Southern African custom of being circumcised by a spear. It goes without saying that the practices are not universal even within their countries of origin, and spending time vociferously distancing yourself from the practice by invoking region or religion makes you come across as being insecure.</p> I’m really puzzled at how deeply embarrassed some of the comments sound, and trying to fix the blame for the existence of baby-dropping on various factors. From a headline writer’s perspective, it’s tough to write something more succinct than “Indian baby-dropping ritual”. It’s just another ritual in the world, like the British habit of cheese rolling or the Northern European practice of wife carrying or the American tradition of the demolition derby or the Southern African custom of being circumcised by a spear. It goes without saying that the practices are not universal even within their countries of origin, and spending time vociferously distancing yourself from the practice by invoking region or religion makes you come across as being insecure.

]]> By: Saif http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/01/thrown_your_bab_1/comment-page-2/#comment-202327 Saif Sun, 04 May 2008 05:27:17 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5170#comment-202327 <p>I'm disgusted. What the hell yo. I would like to contest that religion is the cause of this. Islam eschews all superstition. Unfortuntelay, being stupid isn't a trait of the religious only, Saif</p> I’m disgusted. What the hell yo. I would like to contest that religion is the cause of this. Islam eschews all superstition. Unfortuntelay, being stupid isn’t a trait of the religious only, Saif

]]> By: louiecypher http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/01/thrown_your_bab_1/comment-page-2/#comment-202315 louiecypher Sat, 03 May 2008 19:55:36 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5170#comment-202315 <p>This and the snake charmers baby vid will nip in the bud the aspirations of many an aspiring desi au pair. This is what ayah used to do with little sahib when memsahib was at the gymkhana</p> This and the snake charmers baby vid will nip in the bud the aspirations of many an aspiring desi au pair. This is what ayah used to do with little sahib when memsahib was at the gymkhana

]]> By: Bridget Jones http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/01/thrown_your_bab_1/comment-page-2/#comment-202308 Bridget Jones Sat, 03 May 2008 17:12:04 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5170#comment-202308 <p><i>63 · <b><a href="http://constructal.blogspot.com">Sameer</a></b> <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005170.html#comment202304">said</a></i></p> <blockquote>I would like to add that almost all of these bizzare traditions come from "faith based initiatives" aka "religions" and most of these "nuts" are "God-nuts". It is time we throw God off the roof.</blockquote> <p>I agree. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o">Religion is bullshit </a></p> 63 · Sameer said

I would like to add that almost all of these bizzare traditions come from “faith based initiatives” aka “religions” and most of these “nuts” are “God-nuts”. It is time we throw God off the roof.

I agree. Religion is bullshit

]]> By: Sameer http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/01/thrown_your_bab_1/comment-page-2/#comment-202304 Sameer Sat, 03 May 2008 15:42:08 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5170#comment-202304 <p>I grew up in a small town - Kirloskarwadi in Sangli district in Maharashtra. There is a temple of a local deity "Mayappa" near the place. The deity is much revered in surrounding areas and every year there is a Jatra (a fair) at the place. People used to do the exact same thing there too. I have seen it. Mayappa is a Hindu temple. I have seen this in other parts of Maharashtra too, like in another fair at a place called Jat in Sangli district. The reasoning in the Mayappa temple was that you throw your child into God's arms (Devachi Jholi) and that is supposed to bless the child and strengthen your faith in God. They also butchered chicken and goats at the temple fairly regularly.</p> <p>I never thought that I would be seeing this on YouTube and discussing about this on Sepia Mutiny. I haven't read all the comments above, but I agree with the person who said this:</p> <blockquote>Bottom line-nuts are everywhere. Maybe more in India but overall.....everywhere.</blockquote> <p>I would like to add that almost all of these bizzare traditions come from "faith based initiatives" aka "religions" and most of these "nuts" are "God-nuts". It is time we throw God off the roof.</p> I grew up in a small town – Kirloskarwadi in Sangli district in Maharashtra. There is a temple of a local deity “Mayappa” near the place. The deity is much revered in surrounding areas and every year there is a Jatra (a fair) at the place. People used to do the exact same thing there too. I have seen it. Mayappa is a Hindu temple. I have seen this in other parts of Maharashtra too, like in another fair at a place called Jat in Sangli district. The reasoning in the Mayappa temple was that you throw your child into God’s arms (Devachi Jholi) and that is supposed to bless the child and strengthen your faith in God. They also butchered chicken and goats at the temple fairly regularly.

I never thought that I would be seeing this on YouTube and discussing about this on Sepia Mutiny. I haven’t read all the comments above, but I agree with the person who said this:

Bottom line-nuts are everywhere. Maybe more in India but overall…..everywhere.

I would like to add that almost all of these bizzare traditions come from “faith based initiatives” aka “religions” and most of these “nuts” are “God-nuts”. It is time we throw God off the roof.

]]> By: whiteperson http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/01/thrown_your_bab_1/comment-page-2/#comment-202289 whiteperson Sat, 03 May 2008 01:22:14 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5170#comment-202289 <p><i>61 · <b>db</b> <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005170.html#comment202284">said</a></i></p> <blockquote><blockquote>gm: The other reason for banning is that it makes Desis look a bit odd in the eyes of the world</blockquote> how can one possibly know every absurd ritual that takes place in india. even if there is banned, there will be yet one more pocket of absurdity uncovered somewhere in that vast country. i'm so tired of having to tell friends who watch pbs specials.."no, not everyone in india eats rats." </blockquote> <p>I eat rats</p> 61 · db said

gm: The other reason for banning is that it makes Desis look a bit odd in the eyes of the world
how can one possibly know every absurd ritual that takes place in india. even if there is banned, there will be yet one more pocket of absurdity uncovered somewhere in that vast country. i’m so tired of having to tell friends who watch pbs specials..”no, not everyone in india eats rats.”

I eat rats

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